Colony prepares for Orange County foe

Colony (1-2) is getting ready for a Friday showdown against Tesero (2-1), a perennial challenger for CIF-SS Pac-5 Division honors out of Orange County.

Titans coach Steve Randall is familiar with the school and its tradition because he spent several years (1999-2001 and 2004-2006) at La Habra, not far away.

“I don’t think people here realize just how good those teams are down there. Even in their down years, they’re pretty good,” Randall said. “It’s going to be a good test for us.”

Chino Hills was impressive in beating Tesoro last week 30-17. Randall said he hasn’t exchanged notes with Chino Hills coach Matt Bechtel but his team has watched the film and some of the assistant coaches from each staff are on friendly terms and have likely exchanged notes.

The biggest task for Colony will be stop scrambling quarterback Devan Modster and his favorite receiver, junior Jake Smeltzer.

“Those are definitely the guys that make them go,” Randall said. “We definitely need to try and contain them or it will be a long night for us.”

Randall has been pleased with the play of his key offensive players – quarterback Jonathan Trucks, wide receiver Kyle Curry and running back Devan Imbach, all seniors. On defense he singled out Daniel Tesimale, who recently moved from fullback to defense and keyed the Titans’ second-half surge against Carter last week.

The Titans will be looking to fare better than they did last year when they played Tesoro, also nicknamed the Titans, in the fourth game of the season and lost 56-7.

Jaguars undermanned

Ontario (0-3) will take on Alta Loma (2-1) at 7 p.m. on Thursday at Montclair High School. Jaguars coach Ron Stocking is hoping to have some players back who have been missing.

Versatile senior Christian Beltran will be perhaps the biggest addition. He has been slowed by a foot injury he sustained over the summer. Junior middle linebacker Anthony Fuentez (broken hand) will not be back but Stocking hopes he is ready by the start of Mt. Baldy League play on Sept. 27 against Garey.

Junior running back-defensive back Ronald Robison and senior fullback-linebacker Ricky Medina, both out for disciplinary reasons, are expected back.

Webb derailed

Webb dropped its game against Western Christian on Saturday 56-26.

It ended a week where preparations were a bit disrupted as the school was evacuated on Friday because of the brush fire burning in the La Verne foothills. Because of that the team did not practice that day.

It did have a quick walk-through Saturday morning.

“I’m not going to say it was a reason we lost but it certainly didn’t help,” first-year coach Amahl Thomas said.

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The Gauls (1-1) take on Fairmont Prep of Anaheim at 1 p.m. Saturday at Damien High School.

Schedule changes

Ganesha (1-1) will play its game against Baldwin Park (3-0) on Thursday, not Friday.

Also a switch, Chaffey (0-3) will be at Bloomington (1-1). Tigers coach and athletic director Chris Brown said Bloomington had a conflict with another school event.